Saturday 29 January 2011

galette des rois








Throughout January in French bakeries you'll find epiphany cakes. They come in 2 sorts - either a flakey pastry filled with frangipane version or my preference, a brioche covered with candied fruit royaume. There's always a trinket or une fève (traditionally a broad bean) inside and the lucky finder gets to wear a crown which comes with every galette.

15 comments:

  1. le gâteau des rois est aussi mon préféré, mais c'est normal, je suis de marseille;)
    les photos 2 et 3 me donnent faim!!!

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  2. I've just had a piece of both this afternoon, pour l'enième fois... I'll be looking like a galette des rois soon!

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  3. oh how i love these cakes! in my dream the other night i was buying one of these. i love the care the french take in wrapping their cakes. beautiful!

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  4. yes, like Isa, le gâteau des rois that's my favourite.
    ;-)

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  5. I wish I could still enjoy these...
    Living in France & having to be gluten-free is no fun :(

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  6. great photos!!!
    everytime i had it...i found the bean! ;))

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  7. i do love the frangipane but next year i fancy trying the brioche version :)

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  8. Oh yum!! They look great in pictures so must be even better to taste.

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  9. so festive! I love everything in this bakery! Love the golden crowns!
    european bakeries are the best.

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  10. Ca donne faim!


    Et bah... vu les prix je suis bien contente de faire nos galettes et gâteaux à la maison!

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  11. so glad i found you. so in love with it here.

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  12. oh, i wish they had that tradition here as well - so nice! and what gorgeous photos...

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  13. Yum! I love the galettes des rois! I think I even kept a couple of the tiny little figurines that come inside them...

    And thanks for your congrats over on my blog, Mary. We're really enjoying our little Ingrid. :)

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  14. the wreath shaped cake with the cherries is very pleasing to the eye.

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